In today’s episode, we cover:

• Carbon Lighthouse, its business, vision and clientele
• The genesis of the company
• The opportunity of improving energy efficiency
• The early challenges of driving sales
• Carbon Lighthouse’s non-profit arm
• The substantial role commercial buildings play in emitting GHG
• Misaligned incentives of the many stakeholders involved
• Factors that led to a tipping point in the sales challenge
• What is HVAC optimization
• How Carbon Lighthouse uses software to optimize commercial HVAC systems
• Value and savings delivered to commercial buildings
• Carbon Lighthouse’s customer profile
• How landlord adoption is a continuing obstacle
• Carbon Lighthouse’s financing, operational expenses and costs
• Brenden’s views on utility-level policies to reduce emissions
• Brenden’s thoughts on the COVID-19 pandemic and how it relates to climate change

Links to topics discussed in this episode:

• Carbon Lighthouse: https://www.carbonlighthouse.com/
• Carbon Lighthouse Association (non-profit arm): https://www.carbonlighthouse.org/
• “Spaghetti diagram” of energy use: https://flowcharts.llnl.gov/index.html
• Green Building Initiative: https://thegbi.org/

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*Editing and post-production work for this episode was provided by The Podcast Consultant